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3rd Party Apps should add a 'delete user history' function before going offline (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by stanleytweedle@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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I know it's probably too late to add this feature but I think a lot of users like me that relied on RIF and others would like to delete their history so it doesn't add to Reddit's content (not that I added much, but in principle).

I know there are other ways and I'll try to find one but for a lot of people it would be easier to just do it through the app before it's gone.

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[-] lemme@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

This one was recommended in a FOSS community: https://github.com/j0be/PowerDeleteSuite

[-] aceospos@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Looks like a good tool as it mentions editing your comment before deleting them. Not sure if I recall correctly but I believe I heard Michael Bazzell in one of his podcasts mention something about editing your posts first (and allowing sometime for them to "bake in") before deleting the edited posts

[-] Narte@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Any idea how long the edits need to cook? Are we talking on the order of hours, days, weeks, or months?

[-] fuzzzerd@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Depends on your use case. If you just want the content removed from their database (assuming they aren't tracking versions or edits themselves) then a few hour bake is probably sufficient. Realistically probably good to delete immediately after the edit, but better to be safe and wait.

The more difficult to quantify problem are reddit content sucker's that have copied content from reddit, and there maybe no deleting from those unless they refresh data directly which is unlikely.

[-] perkele@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Make sense. Deleting a post probably just toggles a 'deleted' flag in the database and doesn't touch the post contents. Writing over the comment, however, would actually change the data. Then you can proceed to delete it.

[-] sokkies@lemmyrs.org 4 points 1 year ago

I used that to wipe my account.. got like 10 automod messages complaining about it lol

[-] andrew@lemmy.munsell.io 5 points 1 year ago

Another one I saw suggested was https://redact.dev/

[-] Countsenju@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

iOS requires this I I believe.

If you can make an account, the app has to be able to delete that account.

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